European Spine Journal

The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland yearly European Spine Journal review: a survey of the “surgical and research” articles in the European Spine Journal, 2018

Robert C. Mulholland

The Michel Benoist and Robert Mulholland Yearly European Spine Journal Review: A survey of the “medical” articles in the European Spine Journal, 2018

Michel Benoist

Safety of intrathecal route: focus to methylprednisolone acetate (Depo-Medrol) use

Joël Schlatter, David Nguyen, Michèle Zamy, Sofiane Kabiche, Jean-Eudes Fontan, Salvatore Cisternino

The appropriate management of persisting pain after spine surgery: a European panel study with recommendations based on the RAND/UCLA method

Volker M. Tronnier, Sam Eldabe, Jörg Franke, Frank Huygen, Philippe Rigoard, Javier de Andres Ares, Richard Assaker, Alejandro Gomez-Rice, Marco La Grua, Maarten Moens, Lieven Moke, Christophe Perruchoud, Nasir A. Quraishi, Dominique A. Rothenfluh, Pedram Tabatabaei, Koen Van Boxem, Carmen Vleggeert-Lankamp, Björn Zoëga, Herman J. Stoevelaar

The prevalence and impact of frailty in patients with symptomatic lumbar spinal stenosis

Ho-Joong Kim, Saejong Park, Soo-Hyun Park, Jeong Hyun Lee, Bong-Soon Chang, Choon-Ki Lee, Jin S. Yeom

Minimally invasive spinal decompression surgery in diabetic patients: perioperative risks, complications and clinical outcomes compared with non-diabetic patients’ cohort

G. J. Regev, R. Lador, K. Salame, L. Mangel, A. Cohen, Z. Lidar

Staged surgery for tandem cervical and lumbar spinal stenosis: Which should be treated first?

Chi-An Luo, Arun-Kumar Kaliya-Perumal, Meng-Ling Lu, Lih-Huei Chen, Wen-Jer Chen, Chi-Chien Niu

Treatment results for lumbar epidural lipomatosis: Does fat matter?

Simon Heinrich Bayerl, Malte Dinkelbach, Petra Heiden, Vincent Prinz, Tobias Finger, Peter Vajkoczy

Early outcomes of 270-degree spinal canal decompression by using TESSYS-ISEE technique in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis combined with disk herniation

Chengjie Xiong, Tao Li, Hui Kang, Hao Hu, Jing Han, Feng Xu

Impact of lumbar hypolordosis on the incidence of symptomatic postoperative spinal epidural hematoma after decompression surgery for lumbar spinal canal stenosis

Nobuyuki Fujita, Takehiro Michikawa, Mitsuru Yagi, Satoshi Suzuki, Osahiko Tsuji, Narihito Nagoshi, Eijiro Okada, Takashi Tsuji, Masaya Nakamura, Morio Matsumoto, Kota Watanabe

Classification of coronal imbalance in adult scoliosis and spine deformity: a treatment-oriented guideline

Ibrahim Obeid, Pedro Berjano, Claudio Lamartina, Daniel Chopin, Louis Boissière, Anouar Bourghli

A new ovine model of spine and chest wall deformity at birth with alteration of respiratory system mechanics and lung development: a feasibility study

Stefan Parent, Nathalie Samson, Jesse Shen, Gabriel Gutman, Sarah Bouchard, Bruno Piedboeuf, Jean-Paul Praud

Sagittal imbalance treated with L5 pedicle subtraction osteotomy with short lumbar fusion from L4 to sacrum using four screws into L4 for enhanced fixation two additional vertebral screws: a technical note

Kuenzang Wangdi, Bungo Otsuki, Shunsuke Fujibayashi, Shimei Tanida, Kazutaka Masamoto, Shuichi Matsuda

Factors associated with having an indication for surgery in adult spinal deformity: an international european multicentre study

S. Richner-Wunderlin, A. F. Mannion, A. Vila-Casademunt, F. Pellise, M. Serra-Burriel, B. Seifert, E. Aghayev, E. Acaroglu, A. Alanay, F. J. S. Pérez-Grueso, I. Obeid, F. Kleinstück

Long fusion to the pelvis with S2-alar-iliac screws can induce changes in pelvic incidence in adult spinal deformity patients: analysis of predictive factors in a retrospective cohort

ChangChun Tseng, Zhen Liu, HongDa Bao, Jie Li, ZhiHui Zhao, ZongShang Hu, Yong Qiu, ZeZhang Zhu

Role of closed drain after multi-level posterior spinal surgery in adults: a randomised open-label superiority trial

Alexander Vadimovich Gubin, Oksana Germanovna Prudnikova, Koushik Narayan Subramanyam, Alexander Vladimirovich Burtsev, Maxim Viktorovich Khomchenkov, Abhishek Vasant Mundargi

Revision adult spinal deformity surgery: Does the number of previous operations have a negative impact on outcome?

Xiaobang Hu, Isador H. Lieberman

Possible factors associated with sagittal malalignment recurrence after pedicle subtraction osteotomy

David Eichler, Yann Philippe Charles, Florent Baldairon, Yves Ntilikina, Erik André Sauleau, Jean-Paul Steib

Non-neurologic adverse events after complex adult spinal deformity surgery: results from the prospective, multicenter Scoli-RISK-1 study

Kenny Yat Hong Kwan, Cora Bow, Dino Samartzis, Lawrence G. Lenke, Christopher I. Shaffrey, Leah Y. Carreon, Benny T. Dahl, Michael G. Fehlings, Christopher P. Ames, Oheneba Boachie-Adjei, Mark B. Dekutoski, Khaled M. Kebaish, Stephen J. Lewis, Yukihiro Matsuyama, Hossein Mehdian, Ferran Pellisé, Yong Qiu, Frank J. Schwab, Kenneth Man Chee Cheung

Predictive model for major complications 2 years after corrective spine surgery for adult spinal deformity

Mitsuru Yagi, Naobumi Hosogane, Nobuyuki Fujita, Eijiro Okada, Osahiko Tsuji, Narihito Nagoshi, Takashi Asazuma, Takashi Tsuji, Masaya Nakamura, Morio Matsumoto, Kota Watanabe

Letter to the Editor concerning “Global tilt: a single parameter incorporating spinal and pelvic sagittal parameters and least affected by patient positioning” by Obeid I et al. [Eur Spine J; (2016) 25: 3644–3649]

Changyu Pan, Jianmin Sun

Answer to the Letter to the Editor of Changyu Pan et al. concerning “Global tilt: a single parameter incorporating spinal and pelvic sagittal parameters and least affected by patient positioning” by Obeid I et al. (Eur Spine J; [2016] 25:3644–3649)

Louis Boissière, Anouar Bourghli, Ibrahim Obeid

Letter to the Editor concerning “Relationship between sagittal spinal curves geometry and isokinetic trunk muscle strength in adults” by Elsayed W, Farrag A, Muaidi Q, Almulhim N (Eur Spine J [2018] 27:2014–2022)

Luca Russo, Johnny Padulo

Reply to the letter to the editor of L. Russo et al. concerning “Relationship between sagittal spinal curves geometry and isokinetic trunk muscle strength in adults” by W. Elsayed, A. Farrag, Q. Muaidi, N. Almulhim (2018) Eur Spine J 27:2014–2022

Walaa Hamdy Elsayed, Ahmed Taha Farrag, Qassim Ibrahim Muaidi, Nora Ahmed Almulhim

Correction to: Can spinal surgery in England be saved from litigation: a review of 978 clinical negligence claims against the NHS

John T. Machin, John Hardman, William Harrison, Timothy W. R. Briggs, Mike Hutton

Correction to: Triplanar correction of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis by asymmetrically shaped and simultaneously applied rods associated with direct vertebral rotation: clinical and radiological analysis of 36 patients

Cesare Faldini, Fabrizio Perna, Giuseppe Geraci, Francesco Pardo, Antonio Mazzotti, Federico Pilla, Alberto Ruffilli

Correction to: Surgical correction of double major adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

Cesare Faldini, Alberto Ruffilli, Fabrizio Perna, Federico Pilla, Alessandro Panciera, Francesco Traina

Correction to: Spino-pelvic balance and surgical treatment of L5–S1 isthmic spondylolisthesis

Cesare Faldini, Fabrizio Perna, Antonio Mazzotti, Niccolò Stefanini, Giuseppe Geraci, Francesco Traina

Clinical outcomes of locking stand-alone cage versus anterior plate construct in two-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Victor M. Lu, Ralph J. Mobbs, Bernard Fang, Kevin Phan

Letter to the Editor regarding: “Cell transplantation in lumbar spine disc degeneration disease” (by C. Hohaus, T.M. Ganey, Y. Minkus and H.J. Meisel: Eur Spine J; 17, Suppl 4:492–503, December 2008)

H. J. Meisel

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